В нескучном саду
I began today's journey by walking through the park to get to the Moscow river. I had to stop and watch the fella's playing chess, dominos, and cards.
I thought it was interesting seeing the old school vs. the new school. The man with his hand in his back pocket was smoking cheap filterless russian cigarettes that come in a little cardboard box. The guy accross from him had slim, fancy cigarettes with plastic wrapping and fancy case.
Cathedral of our Saviour the Redeamer
This guy has been selling matroshka dolls on Arbatskaya street for the last 18 years. I got a picture with him 5 years ago when I bought some dolls from him so I figured I'd get another one. He made me buy a 30 ruble keychain before I could take the picture though. I figured that was fair since 30 rubles hardly buys a soda pop in Moscow these days and a man's got to make a living right?
These two kids were jamming away on Arbat street today. They were both pretty young. The kid playing the violin was really good. He told me that he is studying at a music school. I got the impression they were orphan kids.
I recognized a couple of the songs they played. One was the birthday song from the Russian cartoon Cheburashka. I also recognized one of the songs from a movie that we watched in my Russian film class "Burnt by the sun"
1 comment:
Looks like you had a good time wandering around today. I think it's cool that the old guys sit around in the park playing chess.
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